DISCOVER VALDICHIANA & VAL D’ORCIA. 5 DAYS TOUR.

  • 1st DAY: ROME or other location > CORTONA “the most beautiful village in Tuscany” - CASTIGLION FIORENTINO “along the Val di Chiana” - AREZZO km.250

    departure from your home - free lunch - guided visit to Cortona (a city rich in monuments of high historical-cultural interest in which Etruscan and medieval art dominates, Piazza della Repubblica with the 12th century Town Hall, Piazza del Duomo with the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Diocesan Museum) and Castiglion Fiorentino (walk in the medieval village located on a typical hill of the Val di Chiana) - in the evening accommodation in a hotel in Arezzo - dinner in the hotel - after dinner Arezzo by night, with private bus and guide , walk in the historic center - overnight stay.

  • 2nd DAY: AREZZO "an elegant, ancient city" & MONTEPULCIANO "straddling Val di Chiana and Val d'Orcia" 100 km

    breakfast in the hotel - daily excursion with guide - visit of Arezzo (Duomo, the Medici Fortress, Petrarca's House, Piazza Grande, Loggia del Vasari, Church of Santa Maria della Pieve, Piazza San Francesco, the Parish Church of San Francesco with inside one of the most famous works by Piero della Francesca -The Legend of the Cross-, Roman Amphitheatre), and Montepulciano (an ancient village of Etruscan origin that experienced its maximum splendor in the Renaissance, a historic center enclosed in the walls of the 4th century, offers a succession of ancient buildings of renowned beauty and elegance, in the upper part of the village you reach Piazza Grande with the Palazzo del Capitano, seat of the municipality and the Duomo) - typical lunch in a restaurant - tasting of typical products - in the evening return to the hotel in Arezzo for dinner in the hotel - after dinner walk with guide - overnight stay.

  • 3rd DAY: VAL D'ORCIA "the eighth wonder of the world, a UNESCO World Heritage Site" - PIENZA "the ideal city" - SAN QUIRICO D'ORCIA "a fairytale setting" - SANT'ANTIMO - MONTALCINO "the homeland of Brunello" km.190

    breakfast in the hotel - daily excursion with guide - visit to Pienza, a Unesco Heritage site (the ideal city desired and created by the humanist Pope Pius II, a small jewel set in the rolling hills of the Val D'Orcia, a Unesco Heritage site, with its splendid square, palaces steeped in history, narrow streets and glimpses full of romance), San Quirico d'Orcia (an ancient village of Etruscan origin, on the Via Francigena, immersed in an almost fairytale setting, made up of vineyards and olive groves, stands out from the top of the hill for its beautiful rocks and medieval churches), Sant'Antimo (a magical place, Benedictine Abbey in Romanesque style from the 12th century, among the most beautiful in Italy), Montalcino (walk in the medieval military village, famous throughout the world for its wine ) - typical lunch in a restaurant - tasting of DOC wines - in the evening return to the hotel in Arezzo, dinner in the hotel - after dinner walk with guide - overnight stay.

  • 4th DAY: SAN GIMIGNANO “the Manhattan of the Middle Ages” & SIENA - Unesco Heritage km.250

    breakfast in the hotel - daily excursion with guide - visit to San Gimignano, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (tour of the historic center of the city of the Towers, Piazza della Cisterna, Vicolo dell'Oro, Piazza del Duomo, Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta) and Siena, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Basilica of San Domenico, Duomo, Crypt, Baptistery, Piccolomini Library, Piazza del Campo, Torre del Mangia (exterior) - typical lunch in a restaurant - tasting of typical desserts - in the evening return to the hotel in Arezzo - dinner in the hotel - free evening - companion available - overnight stay.

  • 5th DAY: AREZZO - LUCIGNANO “the spiral village” - CETONA “the bucolic Sienese countryside” - ROME or other locationkm.240

    breakfast in the hotel - guided tour of Lucignano (village enclosed between mighty walls with a structure of concentric rings which has remained unchanged from the Middle Ages to the present day, walk in the village up to Piazza del Tribunal, visit to the Collegiate Church of San Michele Arcangelo and the Municipal Museum with the famous work the Tree of Life or Golden Tree) and Cetona (streets and alleys wind in a spiral up to the Rocca, the fortified part of the village, visit to the Civic Museum for the Prehistory of Mount Cetona) - free lunch - continuation for the return to the office - arrival in the evening.